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Sports: Injuries Plague Mormon Players; Veteran Punter Lee Johnson Returns

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Injuries plagued many Mormon professional athletes last week, leaving Shawn Bradley sidelined with a bad ankle, the Seahawk's Marcus Bell out with a neck injury and linebacker Rob Morris out with a bad knee. But veteran punter Lee Johnson, who was released by the New England Patriots October 15th after playing five games, was picked up by the Minnesota Vikings and kicked six punts for them in Sunday's game.

Bradley had a great game against Portland December 11th before he was injured, scoring 6 points in just 11 minutes on the court. He's listed as day-to-day, and has so far missed two games. The other bright light among basketball players was Mark Madsen, who played 13 minutes over two games, scoring five points. Travis Knight got a lot of playing time this past week, 54 minutes over 4 games, but wasn't able to capitalize on the playing time, scoring just 10 points with 9 rebounds -- something less than what he's done in the other 10 games he's played this year. Scot Pollard had a bad week, scoring just 10 points in 75 minutes on the court over 4 games, but managing 18 rebounds.

Punter Lee Johnson is now with his 5th team in a 17-year-long NFL career, and the move to the Vikings holds out the prospect of extending the career yet another season, unless he decides to retire. But after Johnson's return the biggest story among the Mormon NFL players is the injuries. In addition to Marcus Bell and Rob Morris, San Francisco Tight End Greg Clark has been out with a hamstring injury. The best performance for the week came from his team mate, Derek Smith, who made four tackles, including two solos, in the Forty-Niner's game against Miami.

Andy Reid extended his record to 9-4 Sunday with a win over the Washington Redskins. Amazingly, the Eagles have managed to build that record in spite of letting their opponents control the ball more than they did. Dave Campo's Dallas Cowboys, in contrast, have a 4-9 record.

In hockey, Mormon News noticed that the Washington Capital's Steve Konowalchuk is currently on the roster for the U.S. Olympic Hockey team. But that roster will need to be cut further, and since Konowalchuk is out with a shoulder injury, his participation seems doubtful. In golf, the season has ended, and all Mormon players have been idle for several weeks.

[If the listings below aren't clear, try looking at them with a mono-spaced font, such as courier - Ed.]

Baseball

Major League Baseball

The regular season has ended.

We have identified the following Mormon players:

Position Players

• McKay Christensen CF Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jeff Kent 2B San Francisco Giants

Pitchers

• * Brandon Duckworth SP Philadelphia Phillies
• (MH) Shawn Estes SP San Francisco Giants
• Kyle Farnsworth RP Chicago Cubs
• Mike Fetters RP Pittsburgh Pirates
• Roy Halladay SP Toronto Blue Jays
• Jason M. Johnson SP Baltimore Orioles
• * Omar Olivares RP Pittsburgh Pirates
• (MH) Garret Stephenson SP St Louis Cardinals
• (MH) Dave Veres RP St Louis Cardinals
• (MH) Jaret Wright SP Cleveland Indians

Coaches

• Iorg, Garth 1st Base Coach Toronto Blue Jays

Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:

• Scott Eyre RP Toronto Blue Jays
• Ryan Jensen SP San Francisco Giants

Minor Leagues

All Minor League Seasons are now over. However, we are still interested in identifying Mormon players in the minors, especially those at the AAA level. Also of interest are those playing in foreign leagues, such as Japan and the Venezuela winter league. Here are the minor league players we know:

AAA
Minors

• Banks, Brian Catcher Calgary Cannons (Florida Marlins)
• Perez, Santiago CF Portland Beavers (San Diego Padres)
• Secrist, Reed 1st Base Nashville Sounds (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:

• Nate Tebbs SS Richmond Braves (Atlanta Braves)
• Ron Wright 1B Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
• John DeSilva SP Las Vegas 51s (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Jeremy Lambert SP Memphis Redbirds (St Louis Cardinals)

Basketball

NBA

Bradley, Shawn

Center

Dallas Mavericks

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	1	11	3/ 3	2	6	6.0	32.7
YTD	22	410	42/ 87	94	118	5.4	17.3

Knight, Travis

Forward

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	4	54	5/ 14	9	10	2.5	11.1
YTD	14	114	13/ 31	25	28	2.0	14.7

Madsen, Mark

Center

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	2	13	2/ 3	3	5	1.7	23.1
YTD	7	38	7/ 13	6	17	2.1	26.8

Pollard, Scot

Forward

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	4	75	4/ 9	18	10	2.5	8.0
YTD	25	672	57/121	194	143	5.7	12.8

Pope, Mark

Center

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	2	6	0/ 0	2	0	0.0	0.0
YTD	16	133	11/ 25	23	24	1.5	10.8

WNBA

The WNBA's season has ended for 2001.

We know of the following players:

• * Kristen Rasmussen Forward Miami Sol
• (MH) Natalie Williams Forward Utah Starzz

Football

NFL

Quarterbacks

Ty Detmer

Quarterback

Detroit Lions

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	2	2	60/ 37	361	1	8	4	4	0

Joe Germaine

Quarterback

Kansas City Chiefs

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scott Mitchell

Quarterback

Cincinnati Bengals

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	1	12/ 4	38	0	3	0	0	0

Offense

Greg Clark

Tight End

San Francisco Forty-Niners

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	Injured - Hamstring
YTD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Todd Heap

Tight End

Baltimore Ravens

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
YTD	9	3	13	156	1	0	0	0

Chad Lewis

Tight End

Philadelphia Eagles

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	1	25	0	0	0	0
YTD	13	13	33	342	4	0	0	0

Brandon Manumaleuna

Tight End

St Louis

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	13	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

Itua Mili

Tight End

Seattle Seahawks

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	13	5	7	95	2	0	0	0

Offensive Line

David Dixon

Guard

Minnesota Vikings

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	12	12

Edwin Mulitalo

Guard

Baltimore Ravens

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	11	11

John Tait

Tackle

Kansas City Chiefs

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	13	13

Kyle Turley

Tackle

New Orleans Saints

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	13	13

Defense

Marcus Bell

Linebacker

Seattle Seahawks

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	Injured - Neck
YTD	12	1	28	23	4	1	0	0

Brant Boyer

Linebacker

Cleveland Browns

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0
YTD	13	3	54	43	11	0	2	0

Byron Frisch

Defensive End

Dallas Cowboys

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
YTD	10	0	5	5	2	2	0	1

Travis Hall

Defensive Tackle

Atlanta Falcons

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
YTD	13	13	32	26	11	1	0	1

Chris Hoke

Defensive Tackle

Pittsburgh Steelers

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Junior Ioane

Defensive End

Oakland Raiders

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rob Morris

Linebacker

Indianapolis Colts

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	Injured - Knee
YTD	12	12	72	46	26	1	0	0

Derek M. Smith

Linebacker

San Francisco Forty-Niners

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	4	2	3	0	0	0
YTD	11	11	67	44	25	2	0	0

Special Teams
Punter

Lee Johnson

Punter

Minnesota Vikings

	G	GS	Punts	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	6	293	2
YTD	6	6	30	1338	5

Kicker

Owen Pochman

Kicker

New York Giants

	G	GS	FG/FGA	XP/XPA	Kicks	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	0/ 0	0/ 0	0	0	0
YTD	8	7	0/ 1	0/ 0	23	1454	2

Coach

Andy Reid

Head Coach

Philadelphia Eagles

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	1- 0	287	59	224	34	63	23	00:26:12	6	45
YTD	9- 4	3974	795	2501	421	1473	340	06:16:34	74	539

George Henshaw

Asst Head Coach - Offense

Tennessee Titans

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	1- 0	423	74	256	36	167	34	00:37:23	3	24
YTD	6- 7	4309	843	2863	430	1446	377	06:55:58	83	749

Dave Campo

Head Coach

Dallas Cowboys

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	0- 1	218	58	116	33	102	21	00:25:18	6	70
YTD	4- 9	3375	758	1662	333	1713	394	06:25:30	68	548

Darrell Bevell

Offensive Asst

Green Bay Packers

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	0- 1	225	55	196	39	29	14	00:22:37	4	30
YTD	9- 4	4478	773	3170	424	1308	330	06:25:31	71	553

CFL

The CFL season began June 20th. We still have identified only two Mormon players!

Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers Linebacker Sefa O'Reilly is LDS.

While we are compiling a list of Mormon players in the CFL, that league doesn't make available player by player statistics.

We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based on the 2001 Rosters:

• Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
• Trevor Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
• Kevin Alexander, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
• Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
• Josh Cochran, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah
• Neal Fort, Montreal Alouettes -- BYU
• Chad Folk, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
• Profail Greer, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah State
• Errol Martin, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
• Morgan Welch, Toronto Argonauts -- Weber State
• Brandon Dyson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers -- Utah State

College
NCAA - Division I
We plan to begin limited coverage of NCAA Division I football players and coaches who are Mormon. Here is a list of the players OUTSIDE OF UTAH we have identified to date. Many of these come from H.B. Arnett's "Cougar Sportsline," with the assistance of Mormon News subscriber Brent Romney:

• Brittain, Brad TE Arizona
• Feula, Vince DL Arizona
• Fraser, Keoki DL Arizona
• Fraser, Keoni DL Arizona

• Brittain, Grant TE Arizona State
• Fulton, Skyler WR Arizona State
• Miller, Matt WR Arizona State
• Niko, Damien OL Arizona State
• Pace, Tom RB Arizona State
• Unck, Mason LB Arizona State
• Wallin, Kurt DT Arizona State
• Wolfgram, Jared DL Arizona State

• Gustaveson, Josh Cal
• Jensen, Mark K Cal
• Lupoi, Tosh DL Cal

• Hoover, Adam QB Cincinnati

• Flores, Jeremy P/PK Colorado

• Kay, Russell LB Colorado State
• Porter, Guy DB Colorado State

• Findlay, Garren OL Georgia Tech

• Ilaoa, Nate WR Hawaii
• Peters, Hyrum DB Hawaii
• Peters, Leonard DB Hawaii
• Tafuna, Sione OL Hawaii

• Ross, Ethan WR Houston

• Dunn, Marc QB Kansas State

• Brinton, Spencer QB Michigan
• Probst, Jake DL Michigan

• Weathers, Brad OL Mississippi State

• Bowen, Jake LB Navy

• Bingham, Ryon DL Nebraska
• Brown, Manaia DL Nebraska
• Fonoti, Toniu OL Nebraska

• Johnson, Cody OL Nevada
• Kretschmer, Chance RB Nevada

• Fife, Jason QB Oregon
• Line, Josh LB Oregon
• Loftin, Ryan LB Oregon

• Casper, Cameron OL San Diego State
• Thompson, Tyson TE San Diego State

• Hunter, Tommy TE South Florida

• Blackhurst, Cooper DE Stanford
• Chambers, Kirk OT Stanford
• Giles, Scott OLB Stanford
• Heitman, Eric OL Stanford
• Leonard, Matt DL Stanford
• Schindler, Greg Stanford

• Coffin, Junior DL Washington
• Kava, William OL Washington
• McLaughlin, Derek P Washington
• Stevens, Jerramy TE Washington

• Ena, Tali QB Washington State

• Belshe, Matt QB Wyoming
• Gough, David OL Wyoming
• Merrill, Peter, DB Wyoming
• Ralph, Brock WR Wyoming
• Rollins, Josh DL Wyoming

• Stansbury-Ieremia, Ed UCLA

• Bair, Brandon OL UNLV
• Palepoi, Anton DL UNLV
• Parkhurst, Matt OL UNLV
• Parkhurst, Scott LB UNLV

• Mailo, Faaesea OG USC

Coaches

• Afoa, Ulima Assistant Coach San Diego State
• Chow, Norm Offensive Coordinator USC
• Crowton, Gary Head Coach BYU
• Holmoe, Tom Head Coach CalState
• Leach, Mike Head Coach Texas Tech
• Mallory, Rick Offensive Line Memphis
• Uperesa, Keith Offensive Line USC

Hockey

NHL

Gavey, Aaron

C

Minnesota Wild

	GP	G	A	PTS	SOG
This Week	2	0	0	0	1
YTD	29	3	6	9	33

Konowalchuk, Steve

LW

Washington Capitals

	GP	G	A	PTS	SOG
This Week	Injured - Shoulder - Out 3-4 months
YTD	5	0	3	3	6

Coach

Peterson, Brent

Assistant Coach

Nashville Predators

Coach Peterson's responsibilities cover penalties and goalkeeping, and the statistics listed are team statistics that reflect his responsibilities.

	GP	PIM	MAJ	MN	MC	SOGA	GA	SV
This Week	3	34	0	17	1	97	5	92
YTD	32	382	10	166	1	883	84	799

Len Barrie, formerly of the Florida Panthers, is now an unrestricted free agent.

Soccer

WUSA

The WUSA's season has ended.

We know of the following player: Maren Hendershot Forward Carolina Courage

Golf

PGA Tour

Jay Don Blake

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 31 events, made cut 21 times, earned $436,576.39, Ranked 118 on money list

Keith Clearwater

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 25 events, made cut 8 times, earned $66,178.33, Ranked 208 on money list

Dan Forsman

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 25 events, made cut 16 times, earned $456,194.03, Ranked 114 on money list

Mike Reid

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 13 events, made cut 5 times, earned $47,607.66, Ranked 216 on money list

Buy.com Tour

* Richard Zokol

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 22 events, made cut 18 times, earned $194,617.75, Ranked 13 on money list

JPGA Tour

(MH) Dean Wilson

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 20 events, made cut 16 times, earned 115,116,750 Yen, Ranked 3 on money list

Playing on Exemption

Jeff Quinney

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 3 events, made cut 1 times, earned $11,400.00, Ranked 0 on money list

Senior PGA Tour

Billy Casper

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 3 events, earned $6,568.50, Ranked T234 on money list

Johnny Miller

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 0 events, earned $0.00, Ranked 0 on money list

Bruce Summerhays

	Event	Rank	Scores	Earnings
This Week	Idle
YTD	Entered 34 events, earned $904,616.57, Ranked 20 on money list

• * Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so far been unable to confirm this suspicion.
• (MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS Church member, or has Mormon heritage.

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